Abua (Abuan) is a Central Delta language of Nigeria.

Writing system

Abua alphabet
a aa ạ ạạ b ḅ d ḍ e ee ẹ ẹẹ f g gb gh
i ii ị ịị j k kp l m n nm ng ny o oo ọ
ọọ p ph r s t u uu ụ ụụ v w y z

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Alveolo-

palatal

Palatal Labial–velar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ͡m ŋ
Stop unvoiced p t k͡p k
voiced b d ɡ͡b g
Affricate
Fricative unvoiced f s h
voiced β v z ɣ
Tap/flap ɺ
Trill r
Lateral approximant l
Semivowel j w
Implosive ɓ ɗ

Vowels

Front Mid-front Central Mid-back Back
Close i e ɨ o u
Near-close ʊ
Mid ə
Open a ɛ ɔ

Tones

Abua has 3 tones. /˦/ is high tone, /˨/ is low tone, and /↓˦/ is falling tone.[2]

References

  1. ^ Abua at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Phoible".

Further reading

  • Elugbe, Ben Ohi; Williamson, Kay (1984). "Loss of the fortis-lenis contrast in Abuan languages". In Higgs, Jody; Thelwall, Robin E.W. (eds.). Topics in linguistic phonetics in honour of E.T. Uldall. Ulster University Press. OCLC 17442863.
  • Gardner, Ian (1980). Abuan-English English-Abuan dictionary. Jos: University of Port Harcourt. ISBN 978-978-2321-08-4.
  • Joshua, Kiikpoye Jonny (2006). The basics of Abuan grammar. Port Harcourt: The Joe Publishers.
  • Miehe, Gudrun (1983). "Die Nominalklassen des Abuan". Afrika und Übersee (in German). 66 (1): 159–174.
  • Ward, Ida Caroline (1937). "Phonology of Abua". Archiv für vergleichende Phonetik. 1: 51–52.
  • Ward, Ida Caroline (1935). "A note on the Abua language". Africa. 8 (3): 377–378. doi:10.1017/S0001972000015680.
  • Wolff, Hans (1969). Berry, Jack (ed.). A comparative vocabulary of Abuan dialects. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-0288-0.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abua_language
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